Maid of Sker
Give it 5 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (46%); after 5h it's 1 in 8 (12%).
- At least 42% of players who start reach the ending.
- Only 44% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
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Based on all 2,500 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 5.7h for positive, 3.9h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (43.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Perfect Harmony! If Thomas plays the four pieces of the Counter Song on the Harmonium ≥43% −57
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (30)
story milestone ending side
- Choking Hazard End up coughing 10 times 100%
- Animal Lover Pet The Dog 80%
- Don't Breathe Hold your breath more than 50 times 77%
- Smooth Operator Listen to all Speaker Phone messages 46%
- Perfect Harmony! If Thomas plays the four pieces of the Counter Song on the Harmonium 43%
- Easy Listening Listen to all Gramophone recordings 41%
- Rapturous Applause! Thomas gives Elisabeth the four brass music cylinders 41%
- Bull in a China Shop Bump into furniture 250 times 34%
- Wales Interactive Interactive with the Whale sculpture 26%
- Chief Butler Ring all ground floor bells 23%
- Sker Explorer Visit every location and room in the Sker Mansion and grounds 17%
- The Long Night Complete Challenge "The Long Night" 9.8%
- Ending on a High Note Play all musical instruments in game 9.6%
- Maids of Sker Find all the musical dolls 7.3%
- Phonic Boom Use all Phonic Modulator charges 6.8%
- Scholar Find all notes 6.6%
- Hard Times Complete the game on hard setting 6.2%
- Axe of Kindness Complete Challenge "Axe of Kindness" 5.5%
- In Darkness Complete Challenge "In Darkness" 5.5%
- Luddite Don't use the Phonic Modulator 5.5%
- Nuisance Caller Ignore Elisabeth's calls 5.0%
- Dodgy Geezer Don't get hit by the enemies at all in the game 4.6%
- Life Saver Complete the game saving one time or less 4.6%
- Axeman Receive an "A*" Grade in "Axe of Kindness" 4.3%
- Head of the Hotel Finish any challenge with more than 150 headshots 4.3%
- Make Love, Not War Finish any challenge with less than 10 kills 4.3%
- Hell at the Hotel Receive an "A*" Grade in "Nightmare at the Hotel" 4.1%
- In Complete Darkness Receive an "A*" Grade in "In Darkness" 4.1%
- Nightmare at the Hotel Complete Challenge "Nightmare at the Hotel" 4.1%
- The Longest Night Receive an "A*" Grade in "The Long Night" 4.1%